Bible verse of the Day Saturday November 5th, 2022

Job 3:25 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.

There have been massive numbers of people that have distinguished or characterized themselves with Job over the epochs of time. Job was a person that placed his faith and trust in God and had known many great blessings from The Lord. Job owned an enormous and colossal flock of animals, sheep, camels, oxen, and donkeys. He had a wife, seven sons, three daughters, and homes where he had great feasts. The Book of Job tells us that he was an upstanding and unblemished man who loved and trusted God and rejected evil.

In the chronicles of the story of Job, the scene fades out and opens back up in the realm of God where He is talking with Satan, who, just like all created beings, falls under the supreme authorization of the one true God. Satan approaches God and tells Him that Job is only faithful to Him because of the many worldly goods God blessed him with, along with his extensive and successful family. God allowed Satan to do his worse to Job, but he was not allowed to take his life. Satan was sure that if Job lost everything he had accumulated, he would surely turn his back on God. In one day, Job lost all his immense flock of animals and servants, except for one that was saved, only to report all this devastation to Job. His children lost their lives when a mighty storm caused their house to collapse. Even with all his loss, Job fell to the ground in worship to God and did not turn his back on

At another meeting between God with the evil one, Satan said that even though Job still worshipped God among his significant loss, if he were allowed to strike his body, Job would surely turn against God. God allowed Satan to afflict Job’s body with sores from his head to his feet. Satan will use false doctrine to deceive people and get them to believe his lie; in this case, it was the false belief of “Retribution.” Job’s wife and three friends tried to convince Job that God was punishing him for some sin. The theology of Retribution is refuted and thwarted throughout the Bible; Job and the Apostle Paul are prime examples of this. Paul was doing everything God had to ask of Him and underwent tribulation that we can’t even imagine. King Ahab was the evilest king who ever reigned in Israel; God allowed him a twenty-two-year reign among His people.

The misfortune that befell Job had nothing to do with his sins, even though his wife and friends tried to convince him differently. God is not the cause or basis of evil; however, He will allow trials and tribulations in the lives of His children. God is looking for faithful servants who trust Him with all their heart, mind, body, spirit, and souls and do not try to “lean on their own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5-6). May we all allow our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus, to direct our pathways in the good times and when times become difficult.